Assaad Razzouk
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YouTube: https://youtube.com/@angrycleanenergyguy?si=6MtMZn7Sp9WknIdw
Podcast: The Angry Clean Energy Guy https://theangrycleanenergyguy.com/
From cheap batteries to utility-scale solar undercutting gas, the "Good News" is that the clean energy economy is finally outcompeting the old guard on price, speed, and efficiency
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January 2, 2026 at 7:23 PM
From cheap batteries to utility-scale solar undercutting gas, the "Good News" is that the clean energy economy is finally outcompeting the old guard on price, speed, and efficiency
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Solar’s rapid, exponential growth is driving a fundamental energy transformation worldwide, moving faster than most think
Last of my charts of the year
#HappyNewYear2026 to you and yours
Last of my charts of the year
#HappyNewYear2026 to you and yours
December 31, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Solar’s rapid, exponential growth is driving a fundamental energy transformation worldwide, moving faster than most think
Last of my charts of the year
#HappyNewYear2026 to you and yours
Last of my charts of the year
#HappyNewYear2026 to you and yours
Batteries are the "lightbulb of the 21st century": their costs are down 50% v. 18 months ago, and 95%+ v. 2010
It's a drastic drop of spectacular proportions, powering the clean energy transformation worldwide
Another one of my charts of the year
It's a drastic drop of spectacular proportions, powering the clean energy transformation worldwide
Another one of my charts of the year
December 31, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Batteries are the "lightbulb of the 21st century": their costs are down 50% v. 18 months ago, and 95%+ v. 2010
It's a drastic drop of spectacular proportions, powering the clean energy transformation worldwide
Another one of my charts of the year
It's a drastic drop of spectacular proportions, powering the clean energy transformation worldwide
Another one of my charts of the year
EVs are one their way to take a huge bite out of global oil demand by 2030 – 5m to 8m barrels of oil per day, and rising fast. 5m barrels/ day is about the entire current oil consumption of Japan
Another one of my charts of the year
Another one of my charts of the year
December 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
EVs are one their way to take a huge bite out of global oil demand by 2030 – 5m to 8m barrels of oil per day, and rising fast. 5m barrels/ day is about the entire current oil consumption of Japan
Another one of my charts of the year
Another one of my charts of the year
Global deforestation is declining! Top 10 countries ADDING forests (2015-2025)
1 China: 1,686 hectares/ year
2 Russia: 942 ha/ y
3 India 191 ha/y
4 Turkey 118 ha/y
5 Australia 105 ha/y
6 France
7 Indonesia
8 South Africa
9 Canada
10 Vietnam
Another one of my charts of the year
1 China: 1,686 hectares/ year
2 Russia: 942 ha/ y
3 India 191 ha/y
4 Turkey 118 ha/y
5 Australia 105 ha/y
6 France
7 Indonesia
8 South Africa
9 Canada
10 Vietnam
Another one of my charts of the year
December 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Global deforestation is declining! Top 10 countries ADDING forests (2015-2025)
1 China: 1,686 hectares/ year
2 Russia: 942 ha/ y
3 India 191 ha/y
4 Turkey 118 ha/y
5 Australia 105 ha/y
6 France
7 Indonesia
8 South Africa
9 Canada
10 Vietnam
Another one of my charts of the year
1 China: 1,686 hectares/ year
2 Russia: 942 ha/ y
3 India 191 ha/y
4 Turkey 118 ha/y
5 Australia 105 ha/y
6 France
7 Indonesia
8 South Africa
9 Canada
10 Vietnam
Another one of my charts of the year
Plastic concentrations in our brains are 7 to 30 times those in our livers and kidneys (dementia patients have even higher concentrations): that's Big Oil and the multi-billion plastic industry lobbying their way to an epic health emergency
Another one of my charts of the year
Another one of my charts of the year
December 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Plastic concentrations in our brains are 7 to 30 times those in our livers and kidneys (dementia patients have even higher concentrations): that's Big Oil and the multi-billion plastic industry lobbying their way to an epic health emergency
Another one of my charts of the year
Another one of my charts of the year
Japan: Diarists have chronicled the comings and goings of cherry blossoms each year since A.D. 812
The 20-year average is on the steepest decline since records began, and has moved in perfect correlation with the age of burning fossil fuels
Another one of my charts of the year
The 20-year average is on the steepest decline since records began, and has moved in perfect correlation with the age of burning fossil fuels
Another one of my charts of the year
December 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Japan: Diarists have chronicled the comings and goings of cherry blossoms each year since A.D. 812
The 20-year average is on the steepest decline since records began, and has moved in perfect correlation with the age of burning fossil fuels
Another one of my charts of the year
The 20-year average is on the steepest decline since records began, and has moved in perfect correlation with the age of burning fossil fuels
Another one of my charts of the year
Solar is the fastest-growing source of electricity in history
It will become over 50% of all the electricity on Earth by 2036, with the battery supply chain future-proofing the solar takeover
Another one of my charts of the year
It will become over 50% of all the electricity on Earth by 2036, with the battery supply chain future-proofing the solar takeover
Another one of my charts of the year
December 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Solar is the fastest-growing source of electricity in history
It will become over 50% of all the electricity on Earth by 2036, with the battery supply chain future-proofing the solar takeover
Another one of my charts of the year
It will become over 50% of all the electricity on Earth by 2036, with the battery supply chain future-proofing the solar takeover
Another one of my charts of the year
$100m of solar panels saves a country 30 years of gas imports at 2024 prices for the same 1.5TWh of electricity generated
That's a $3b saving in gas imports for each $100m of solar deployed
Another one of my charts of the year
That's a $3b saving in gas imports for each $100m of solar deployed
Another one of my charts of the year
December 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
$100m of solar panels saves a country 30 years of gas imports at 2024 prices for the same 1.5TWh of electricity generated
That's a $3b saving in gas imports for each $100m of solar deployed
Another one of my charts of the year
That's a $3b saving in gas imports for each $100m of solar deployed
Another one of my charts of the year
Every 3 years, China builds a brand-new "Total US Grid" from just additions to its solar capacity
Another one of my charts to the year
Another one of my charts to the year
December 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Every 3 years, China builds a brand-new "Total US Grid" from just additions to its solar capacity
Another one of my charts to the year
Another one of my charts to the year
China produces each year approximately 168% to 178% of the STEM graduates produced by the US and Europe combined, and the gap is widening
One of my charts to the year (more charts of the year to come!)
One of my charts to the year (more charts of the year to come!)
December 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
China produces each year approximately 168% to 178% of the STEM graduates produced by the US and Europe combined, and the gap is widening
One of my charts to the year (more charts of the year to come!)
One of my charts to the year (more charts of the year to come!)
2025 shows we are winning the war on carbon, much slower than we should have but still: From the solar explosion to the death of coal - here are the Top 10 Good News stories Big Oil doesn't want you to see
Watch Ep 97 & subscribe for the blunt facts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb4b...
Watch Ep 97 & subscribe for the blunt facts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb4b...
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December 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
2025 shows we are winning the war on carbon, much slower than we should have but still: From the solar explosion to the death of coal - here are the Top 10 Good News stories Big Oil doesn't want you to see
Watch Ep 97 & subscribe for the blunt facts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb4b...
Watch Ep 97 & subscribe for the blunt facts: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb4b...
Real climate action isn't at the UN Climate talks - it's everywhere else. So are the COPs a waste of time? The Angry Clean Energy Guy on COPs vs. Reality and recent examples of the unstoppable progress happening in the real world
Episode 96 is out👇
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Episode 96 is out👇
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Episode 96 - The Angry Clean Energy Guy
Real climate action isn't happening at the UN Climate talks—it’s happening everywhere else. So, are the UN climate summits a waste of time? What is their actual purpose? Should they be reformed or sim...
theangrycleanenergyguy.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Real climate action isn't at the UN Climate talks - it's everywhere else. So are the COPs a waste of time? The Angry Clean Energy Guy on COPs vs. Reality and recent examples of the unstoppable progress happening in the real world
Episode 96 is out👇
theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/epis...
Episode 96 is out👇
theangrycleanenergyguy.com/podcast/epis...
51.5% of India's power came from renewables on 29 July - an amazing achievement so many said can't be done - while the country delivered 50 % of installed electric power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources 5 years early
Renewables are unstoppable
www.pib.gov.in/PressRelease...
Renewables are unstoppable
www.pib.gov.in/PressRelease...
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
51.5% of India's power came from renewables on 29 July - an amazing achievement so many said can't be done - while the country delivered 50 % of installed electric power capacity from non-fossil fuel sources 5 years early
Renewables are unstoppable
www.pib.gov.in/PressRelease...
Renewables are unstoppable
www.pib.gov.in/PressRelease...
Heavy trucks in China:
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
China's diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand
China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Heavy trucks in China:
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
>2020: 99% of new trucks ran on diesel
>First half 2024: Electric trucks at 9.2% of new truck sales
>First half 2025: E-trucks at 22%
>August 2025: 28%
>By end of 2025: 46%
>2026: 60%
Already cutting oil demand by more than a million barrels/day
apnews.com/article/chin...
Battery storage has been transformative for California:
>17GW installed, up 13 times in 5 years
>50% share of US market
>Helping state avoid rolling blackouts
>Together with solar, eliminated 37% of fossil gas use on grid
www.latimes.com/environment/...
>17GW installed, up 13 times in 5 years
>50% share of US market
>Helping state avoid rolling blackouts
>Together with solar, eliminated 37% of fossil gas use on grid
www.latimes.com/environment/...
November 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Battery storage has been transformative for California:
>17GW installed, up 13 times in 5 years
>50% share of US market
>Helping state avoid rolling blackouts
>Together with solar, eliminated 37% of fossil gas use on grid
www.latimes.com/environment/...
>17GW installed, up 13 times in 5 years
>50% share of US market
>Helping state avoid rolling blackouts
>Together with solar, eliminated 37% of fossil gas use on grid
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Historical: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Historical: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Exactly 0.1% of all the carbon we capture from the air isn’t via forests. Top 10 Countries with Largest Forests:
1 Russia: 833m hectares (20.11% share of world)
2 Brazil: 486m (11.74%)
3 Canada: 369m (8.91%)
4 US: 308m (7.46%)
5 China: 227m (5.49%)
6 DRC: 139m (3.36%)
7 Australia: 134m (3.23%)
1 Russia: 833m hectares (20.11% share of world)
2 Brazil: 486m (11.74%)
3 Canada: 369m (8.91%)
4 US: 308m (7.46%)
5 China: 227m (5.49%)
6 DRC: 139m (3.36%)
7 Australia: 134m (3.23%)
Ranked: Countries With the Largest Forests in 2025
Discover the countries with the largest forests in 2025 and how just five nations hold more than half of global woodland.
www.visualcapitalist.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Exactly 0.1% of all the carbon we capture from the air isn’t via forests. Top 10 Countries with Largest Forests:
1 Russia: 833m hectares (20.11% share of world)
2 Brazil: 486m (11.74%)
3 Canada: 369m (8.91%)
4 US: 308m (7.46%)
5 China: 227m (5.49%)
6 DRC: 139m (3.36%)
7 Australia: 134m (3.23%)
1 Russia: 833m hectares (20.11% share of world)
2 Brazil: 486m (11.74%)
3 Canada: 369m (8.91%)
4 US: 308m (7.46%)
5 China: 227m (5.49%)
6 DRC: 139m (3.36%)
7 Australia: 134m (3.23%)
The Philippines just awarded a massive 10GW of renewables capacity at its 4th Green Energy Auction, bringing the total from auctions over 3 years to 22GW - 74% of the entire existing capacity of the country
Renewables take over slowly, slowly, then suddenly
renewablesnow.com/news/philipp...
Renewables take over slowly, slowly, then suddenly
renewablesnow.com/news/philipp...
Philippines awards over 10 GW in latest green energy auction
The Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded 10,195 MW of renewable energy capacity in the fourth round of its Green Energy Auction Program (GEA-4), aimed at accelerating clean power deploy...
renewablesnow.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The Philippines just awarded a massive 10GW of renewables capacity at its 4th Green Energy Auction, bringing the total from auctions over 3 years to 22GW - 74% of the entire existing capacity of the country
Renewables take over slowly, slowly, then suddenly
renewablesnow.com/news/philipp...
Renewables take over slowly, slowly, then suddenly
renewablesnow.com/news/philipp...
Prediction: Nothing useful for climate action will happen at #COP30. The UN "climate talks" are quasi fossil fuel fairs hijacked to obfuscate and delay
NB: Vast climate action is everywhere, and gaining momentum. Just not at the COPs which should be restructured or closed
NB: Vast climate action is everywhere, and gaining momentum. Just not at the COPs which should be restructured or closed
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Prediction: Nothing useful for climate action will happen at #COP30. The UN "climate talks" are quasi fossil fuel fairs hijacked to obfuscate and delay
NB: Vast climate action is everywhere, and gaining momentum. Just not at the COPs which should be restructured or closed
NB: Vast climate action is everywhere, and gaining momentum. Just not at the COPs which should be restructured or closed
Tectonic shift in Europe's car market: In September, 67% of all new cars in Europe were electrified
>HEVs (hybrid EVs) up 16% YoY to 35% share
>Pure EVs up by 22% to 21% share
>PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid EVs) up 59% to 11% share
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/04/e...
>HEVs (hybrid EVs) up 16% YoY to 35% share
>Pure EVs up by 22% to 21% share
>PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid EVs) up 59% to 11% share
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/04/e...
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Tectonic shift in Europe's car market: In September, 67% of all new cars in Europe were electrified
>HEVs (hybrid EVs) up 16% YoY to 35% share
>Pure EVs up by 22% to 21% share
>PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid EVs) up 59% to 11% share
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/04/e...
>HEVs (hybrid EVs) up 16% YoY to 35% share
>Pure EVs up by 22% to 21% share
>PHEVs (Plug-in Hybrid EVs) up 59% to 11% share
cleantechnica.com/2025/11/04/e...
World’s biggest isolated grid - Western Australia’s South West Interconnected System - hits new peak of 89% renewables
Not long ago, Big Oil propagandists were explaining to us why 20% renewables would collapse the grid and the economy
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-bigge...
Not long ago, Big Oil propagandists were explaining to us why 20% renewables would collapse the grid and the economy
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-bigge...
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
World’s biggest isolated grid - Western Australia’s South West Interconnected System - hits new peak of 89% renewables
Not long ago, Big Oil propagandists were explaining to us why 20% renewables would collapse the grid and the economy
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-bigge...
Not long ago, Big Oil propagandists were explaining to us why 20% renewables would collapse the grid and the economy
reneweconomy.com.au/worlds-bigge...
Hyperscalers announced new data centres with 46GW of computing power
>Cost: $2.5tn to build
>Require 55GW to 65GW of base load electricity
That's more than the total installed capacity of Poland or Sweden, 6 times New Zealand or Singapore, 50% of UK
www.ft.com/content/2b84...
>Cost: $2.5tn to build
>Require 55GW to 65GW of base load electricity
That's more than the total installed capacity of Poland or Sweden, 6 times New Zealand or Singapore, 50% of UK
www.ft.com/content/2b84...
November 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Hyperscalers announced new data centres with 46GW of computing power
>Cost: $2.5tn to build
>Require 55GW to 65GW of base load electricity
That's more than the total installed capacity of Poland or Sweden, 6 times New Zealand or Singapore, 50% of UK
www.ft.com/content/2b84...
>Cost: $2.5tn to build
>Require 55GW to 65GW of base load electricity
That's more than the total installed capacity of Poland or Sweden, 6 times New Zealand or Singapore, 50% of UK
www.ft.com/content/2b84...
Good climate news this week
1 UN finds global deforestation is declining
2 UNFCCC forecasts 1st-ever global emissions decline (10% by 2035)
3 South Korea: Closure of coal plants begins in earnest from 1 December, 61 coal plants to be phased out by 2040
4 China: Dirty power generation down 5.4%
1/4
1 UN finds global deforestation is declining
2 UNFCCC forecasts 1st-ever global emissions decline (10% by 2035)
3 South Korea: Closure of coal plants begins in earnest from 1 December, 61 coal plants to be phased out by 2040
4 China: Dirty power generation down 5.4%
1/4
Good climate news this week
1 China targets installing 120 GW of wind/ year to double capacity to 1,300GW by 2030
2 US: Last coal plan in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) shuts down
3 Morocco: 2040 set as date for coal phase-out
1/5
1 China targets installing 120 GW of wind/ year to double capacity to 1,300GW by 2030
2 US: Last coal plan in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) shuts down
3 Morocco: 2040 set as date for coal phase-out
1/5
November 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Good climate news this week
1 UN finds global deforestation is declining
2 UNFCCC forecasts 1st-ever global emissions decline (10% by 2035)
3 South Korea: Closure of coal plants begins in earnest from 1 December, 61 coal plants to be phased out by 2040
4 China: Dirty power generation down 5.4%
1/4
1 UN finds global deforestation is declining
2 UNFCCC forecasts 1st-ever global emissions decline (10% by 2035)
3 South Korea: Closure of coal plants begins in earnest from 1 December, 61 coal plants to be phased out by 2040
4 China: Dirty power generation down 5.4%
1/4
Good climate news this week
1 China targets installing 120 GW of wind/ year to double capacity to 1,300GW by 2030
2 US: Last coal plan in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) shuts down
3 Morocco: 2040 set as date for coal phase-out
1/5
1 China targets installing 120 GW of wind/ year to double capacity to 1,300GW by 2030
2 US: Last coal plan in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) shuts down
3 Morocco: 2040 set as date for coal phase-out
1/5
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Good climate news this week
1 China targets installing 120 GW of wind/ year to double capacity to 1,300GW by 2030
2 US: Last coal plan in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) shuts down
3 Morocco: 2040 set as date for coal phase-out
1/5
1 China targets installing 120 GW of wind/ year to double capacity to 1,300GW by 2030
2 US: Last coal plan in New England (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont) shuts down
3 Morocco: 2040 set as date for coal phase-out
1/5